Notes by Peter David Whitaker The last of Fred?s children, Walter was born on 18 April 1889 at 37 Elizabeth Terrace, Dewsbury. This was just up Leeds cutting on the east side. He is recorded at this address in the 1891 census but at 47 South Street in 1901. He was apprenticed, as a cabinet maker, to Herbert Senior on Daisy Hill. In 1910, on his 21st birthday, Walter was presented by his employer with a copy of ?The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam?. This was a then newly published translation of ?These pearls of thought in Persian?? and coupled with his violin playing adds a sensitivity to his character. In World War I, he served in the 2/4th Battalion of the King?s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. This was a Territorial Force battalion first formed at Wakefield on 30th September 1914 initially as a reserve to train recruits for the First Battalion. It eventually saw action when it went to France and Flanders on 15 January 1917. His army number was 200912 but his service records were destroyed in a major fire at the War Office in World War II. Reaching the dizzy heights of acting Corporal, he received the Victory and British Medals for serving (and surviving) in France. At the time of his discharge (26 November 1919) he was a temporary sergeant. By trade or profession he was a furniture and cabinet maker. He later worked for Bicker?s, a large Department store in Dewsbury.